Volleyball earns first win over NYU since 2000, sweeps Chicago

Nov 02, 2007

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- The Brandeis University volleyball team
opened University Athletic Association championship play this
morning with an emphatic 3-0 win over New York University, 30-22,
30-15, 30-23. It marks the first time since 2000 that the Judges
defeated the Violets, snapping a 14-match losing streak. Junior
Lorraine Wingenbach (Buffalo, N.Y.) led the way for the Judges with
13 kills and a .290 hitting percentage. Rookie Elizabeth Villalino
(Kailua, Hawaii) had 11 kills, swinging at a .435 clip, and two
service aces. Rookie setter Abby Blasco (Greeley, Colo.) had 32
assists and led the squad with 17 digs. Wingenbach also added nine
digs.

In the second match of the day, Brandeis handled the University of
Chicago, 3-0 (30-22, 30-23, 30-22). Wingenbach again paced the team
with 13 kills and .360 hitting percentage. She also added nine digs
and two service aces. Blasco tallied 34 assists, four digs and
three aces, while junior libero Violette Ruggiero (Paradise Valley,
Ariz.) paced the team defensively with 10 digs.

The third-seeded Judges (25-8) take on second-seeded Emory
University (32-6), ranked No. 8 in the nation, tomorrow at 9 a.m.
The winner will face the winner of the match between Washington
University and Carnegie Mellon in tomorrow's championship match at
4:30 p.m., with the losers meeting in the third-place match at 2
p.m. Both of those matches will be webcast at
http://www.rochester.edu/athletics/webcast . This weekend's matches
are being played at the University of Rochester.